Greetings AFANA Tipsters,
This is the weekly update on the AFANA Members Tipping Competition for Round 13.
Before beginning this weeks report, exciting news from AFANA.com. The original AFANA.com website has been completely upgraded and revamped, and along with much more information, we are providing a chance for fans to be more directly involved in all things Aussie Rules. Specifically for this group, a new forum has been opened up for tipsters to discuss their woes, and in addition to these email updates, the weekly report will be posted in my blog each week. So, go to www.afana.com, register, log in, and join the activity.
Round 13 was looking like a winner with only two games left to be played on Sunday afternoon. Most members had 5 or 6 correct tips out of 6, and picks for Collingwood and West Coast were almost unanimous. Unfortunately, that's how it finished, as Richmond and the Bulldogs romped away with upsets. Only one member correctly tipped the winner in each of those games - Pat had Richmond while Chris correctly picked the Bulldogs. Bonus points to each of you. Congrats!
Pat scored the best for the round with 7 correct tips, while 7 more of us managed 6 winners and 5 members picked 5 winners. It was that uniform this week. However, Pat told me later, if he'd followed his heart like he religiously does each week and tipped his Bulldogs, he'd have picked up 11 points for the round with two more bonus points for tipping 8/8. Now there's a forum topic! (Ohh - I see Pat has already found it!)
With so many members scoring 6 winners, there was little change overall. Gerry maintained his 2 point lead over Nigel, while I joined Rob in equal third, but still 3 points further back.
Round 14 kicks off with the Friday night game in Australia, so the deadline for getting those first tips in is midnight Thurs/Fri US EDT. However, later tips will still count if you send them in later.
Good luck - now onto the details:
* Round 13 Results
FRI JUN 30 Kangaroos 14. 12. (96) def. Essendon 13. 11. (89) Telstra Dome (N) SAT JUL 01 Melbourne 18. 12. (120) def. Port Adelaide 12. 10. (82) M.C.G. St Kilda 18. 17. (125) def. Hawthorn 8. 7. (55) Telstra Dome Brisbane 8. 23. (71) def. Carlton 7. 14. (56) Gabba (N) Sydney 12. 19. (91) def. Fremantle 9. 4. (58) S.C.G. (N) SUN JUL 02 Adelaide 21. 21. (147) def. Geelong 8. 7. (55) AAMI Stadium Richmond 13. 14. (92) def. Collingwood 6. 9. (45) M.C.G. West Coast 8. 16. (64) lost Bulldogs 10. 13. (73) Subiaco Oval
* AFANA Members Tipping Results, Round 13
Round 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tps Bns Scr Total Home Team KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE RIC WCE 7 7 58 Away Team ESS POR HAW CAR FRE GEE COL BUL 1 1 46 Winning Team KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE RIC BUL Lisa Albergo KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 66 Steve Avery * ESS POR HAW CAR FRE GEE COL BUL 1 0.0 1 46 Nigel Barnes KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 70 Chris Candelaria KAN MEL STK BRI FRE GEE COL BUL 5 1.0 6 62 Gerry Daley KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 72 Rob De Santos KAN MEL HAW BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 5 0.0 5 67 Brody Finney KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 62 Pat Glennon KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE RIC WCE 7 1.0 8 61 Tracy Heritage * ESS POR HAW CAR FRE GEE COL BUL 1 0.0 1 48 Ross Mair KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 67 Bryan Marcus KAN POR STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 5 0.0 5 62 Greg Post KAN POR STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 5 0.0 5 56 Fred Schwinghammer KAN MEL HAW BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 5 0.0 5 63 Paul Swebilius * ESS POR HAW CAR FRE GEE COL BUL 1 0.0 1 48 Karl Wall KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 61 Tricia Whitaker KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE COL WCE 6 0.0 6 60 Age - Caroline Wilson KAN MEL STK BRI SYD ADE RIC WCE 7 0.0 7 62 Correct Picks 14 12 12 14 13 13 2 1 Home Team Picks 14 12 12 14 13 13 2 13 Away Team Picks 3 5 5 3 4 4 15 4 * denotes tips not received - default (away teams) awarded
* AFANA Tipping Standings after Round 13
Gerry Daley 72 Nigel Barnes 70 Rob De Santos 67 Ross Mair 67 Lisa Albergo 66 Fred Schwinghammer 63 Chris Candelaria 62 Brody Finney 62 Bryan Marcus 62 Pat Glennon 61 Karl Wall 61 Tricia Whitaker 60 Greg Post 56 Tracy Heritage 48 Paul Swebilius 48 Steve Avery 46
* AFL Ladder after Round 13
P W D L For Agnst % Pnts 1 Adelaide 13 11 0 2 1445 845 171.01 44 2 West Coast 13 10 0 3 1268 1100 115.27 40 3 Collingwood 13 9 0 4 1439 1164 123.63 36 4 Melbourne 13 9 0 4 1336 1148 116.38 36 5 Bulldogs 13 9 0 4 1427 1242 114.90 36 6 Sydney 13 8 0 5 1286 1049 122.59 32 7 St Kilda 13 7 0 6 1172 1046 112.05 28 8 Richmond 13 7 0 6 1092 1305 83.68 28 9 Port Adelaide 13 6 0 7 1265 1354 93.43 24 10 Fremantle 13 6 0 7 1050 1225 85.71 24 11 Geelong 13 5 0 8 1182 1208 97.85 20 12 Brisbane 13 5 0 8 1166 1258 92.69 20 13 Hawthorn 13 5 0 8 1036 1312 78.96 20 14 Kangaroos 13 4 0 9 1080 1315 82.13 16 15 Carlton 13 2 0 11 1019 1333 76.44 8 16 Essendon 13 1 0 12 1106 1465 75.49 4
* Round 14 Fixture List
FRI JUL 07 Fremantle vs Essendon Subiaco Oval 6:40pm AWST SAT JUL 08 Carlton vs Geelong Telstra Dome 2:10pm AEST Hawthorn vs West Coast M.C.G. 2:10pm AEST Melbourne vs Brisbane Gabba 7:10pm AEST Port Adelaide vs Richmond AAMI Stadium 7:10pm ACST SUN JUL 09 Sydney vs Adelaide S.C.G. 1:10pm AEST St Kilda vs Collingwood Telstra Dome 2:10pm AEST Bulldogs vs Kangaroos M.C.G. 2:10pm AEST
Ross Mair
AFANA Weekly Tipping Comp Coordinator
